Meaning and the Moral Sciences

ISBN-13: 9780415580915 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 158 str.

Hilary Putnam

Opis

First published in 1978, this reissue presents a seminal philosophical work by professor Putnam, in which he puts forward a conception of knowledge which makes ethics, practical knowledge and non-mathematic parts of the social sciences just as much parts of 'knowledge' as the sciences themselves.

Recenzje

'Putnam is an engaging and tantalising thinker. The debates about scientism in the study of human beings will be given a new impetus by the appearance of this book ... the book will attain a position within philosophy of social science which will make it required reading for every aspiring methodologist.' - The Times Higher Education Supplement 

Spis treści

1. Meaning and Knowledge (The John Locke Lectures, 1976) 2. Literature, Science and Reflection 3. Reference and Understanding 4. Realism and Reason

O autorze

Hilary Putnam